BlockWellford, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in District 9. It lies in ZIP code area 71640. The Survey maps it on the Eudora South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1936 USGS Eudora quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Eudora quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Eudora South quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Crossett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Wellford between 2001 and 2010, burning about 391 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 24 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 115 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Hanna | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Ross Van Ness | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Eudora | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Readland | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Albritton (historical) | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Grand Lake | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Sterling (historical) | 7.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61778. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.